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EIGHT PAGES TODAYMEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESSws&k1V-Volume IV, Number 139SI STEPCOPPEANACONDA COPPER COMPANY INCREASES ITSCAPITAL STOCK AND AUTHORIZES TAKINGIN OTHER GREAT PROPERTIESANACONDA, Mont., March 23. At a special meetingof the stockholders of the Anaconda Copper Mining company today it was decided to increase the capitalizationof the company from its authorized issue of 1,200,000shares, having a par value of $25 each, to 6,000,000shares of the same par value, and also to extend thebusiness of the corporation so as to permit the companyto acquire, own and possess stock and securities of other corporations.The board of directors of the company were authorizedand directed to offer to the following named companiesthe following respective amounts of the capital stock ofthe Anaconda Copper Mining company in exchange forall of the properties and assets of every kind owned orpossessed by such corporations:To the Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Minnig company, 1,200,000 shares.Red Metal Mining compaifv, 500,000 shares.Washoe Copper companv, 3S0.O0O shares.Butte & Boston Consolidated Mining company, 300,000 shares.Big Blackfoot Lumber company, 300,000 shares.Trenton Mining & Development company, 120,000shares.Diamond Coal & Coke company, 100,000 shares. -Parrott Silver & Copper company, 90,000 shares.Alice Cold & Silver Mining company, 30,000 shares.The foregoing, if carried out and accepted bv the different companies interested, will make a total.-. issue, of4.200.000 shares out of a total authorized capital of G,000,000 shares of the company. ,STEP TO BIGGER MERGERSALT LAKE, Utah, March 23. It is understood herethat the action taken today at Anaconda, providing fora merger of the Anaconda Mining company with othercompanies, is preliminary to a greater merger, which, itis said, will include the Guggenheim and many otherleading copper properties.The Amalgamated, which is only a holding company,would in that event go out of existence.JACK JOHNSON DOESHUE HOURS IIHOQZGOWBig Scrapper Licked PunyBlack Boy for Refusingto Buy BubblesNKW YOltK. March 23. Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion pugilist,spent five hours today in n cell in thoTombs prison. Tonight ho is freeSgain,but gloomy, for not only was ho lockedup for nearly half u day, but whilodancing and singing iu tho prison, aprocess server thrust through tho barsn summons and complaint in a suit for$l,7oS and costs, brought ngainst himfor the alleged repudiation of a theatrical contract to appear in Kansas."Tills looks like a rough deal," saidJohnson, as tears canio to his eyes. "Ihavo como hero on court orders andnow they take this action against me."Johnson appeared today, grinning asusual, on tho charge of beating Norman Pinder, a negro one-fourth hissize, in an uptown resort somo weeksago. Pinder nt the time declined tobuy n drink for Johnson because hoeould not afford "wine," which, hoadded dolefully, was all Johnson woulddrink.MAY EXTEND SOUTHWESTERNRAILROAD SYSTEM TO PHOENIXPHOENIX, Ariz., March 23. Walter Douglas of Bisbec, general manager of the El Paso & SouthwesternRailroad company, Avhile visiting- in Phoenix today forthe second time recently, announces the probahility ofthe railroad being extended from southern Arizona toPhoenix, the natural source of supplies for the Bisbcemining region, lie insisted this city will be the terminus, as no plans are in view for a coast outlet.INIMMENSMERGERCOOK'S WIFE HELD10 BLANEDiscredited Explorer StillSays He Is Entitled toWithheld HonorsJJELLIXGHAM, Wash., March 23.Dr, William II. Axtell, a personal friondof Dr. Frederick A. Cook, has recch fa,a letter from Mrs.,Cook, written in Valparaiso, Chile, in which bIio says thedoctor is broken iu health, withoutfunds and unablo to coutinuo his fightto establish his claim to tho discoveryof tho pole. Dr. Axtell said today:"Mrs. Took tolls ma in her letterthat Dr. Cook made considerable moneyout of his trip when he first arrived inNew York, bu't that he spent it in defending himself against bitter attacksfrom his enemies."Mrs. Cook wiites that it was herfault that Cook did not appear publiclyat tho timo ho was unfavorably reported on. Sho says Cook is still veryill and will bo in no condition to takeup his fight for the honors which hestill says should havo been his."Tho explorer, with his family, willarrive quietly in New York tomorrowand will settle down for a quiet lifethe lest of his days."GLOBE, GILA COUNTY.LOSI PHOENIX GIRL- DISCOVERED B!Cab Driver Companion Sentto Jail and Lily FordGiven to MotherPHOENIX, March 23. That LilyKord, the 17-year-old girl who disappeared so mysteriously last Thursdayafternoon, had been staying withClaude B. Daniels, a cab driver, wasdiscovered late Saturday night by Marshal Moore. Yesterday Daniel's wasturned over to the county authoritiescharged with a statutory oh"ensc.All day Saturday, after Mrs. W. M.Kord reported her daughter's disappearance to tho police, tho officers conducted u strenuous search for themissing girl. Along in tho evening Officer Foley told the marshal that ho hadheard a rumor indicating! that LilyFord was in the room of Daniels abovetli.i UnPTmnn. Tnifptllpv tllPV H'Pllt tomake an investigation and just outsideDaniels' room the marshal nabbed thecab driver's room mate, who was alsosuspected of having had something todo with Miss Ford's disappearance. AnauilllSMUU which liiv lumn jiijuu iiwiui;regarding advice he had given Danielsmade Marshal Mooro absolutely certainthat Daniels had taken the girl.Daniels' room mate was turned overto Fraley, who immediately startedfor the city hall with his prisoner. Themarshal then arrested Daniels whom hofound in his room. By a peculiar coincidence, the olliccrs, their prisoners,Lily Ford's uncle and tho girl herselfmet at Bcrryhili's corner.Mrs. Ford was notified and there wasa touching rcu'nion scene at tho cityjail. The marshal then started in toquestion the girl, asking whether shehad been with Daniels or his roommate. She was reluctant to answerand her mother tiied to tell the marshalthat Lily did not have to reply. Assoon as Mrs. Fold was convinced to thecontrary, tho girl admitted that shehad been with Daniels on two differentoccasions. She had been staying at thoCentral hotel, sho said.Daniels, it seems, had tho girl'sclothes. - With "Policeman' llniry . Gaskin he went to tho Virginia hotel andtcok them from tho room of a friend,where they had "been secreted.Thero were some points that werenot yet exactly clear to the police, buttliey una secureu ail tne cviiienco ineyaesirea ana so turned uauieis overto the county. He is a young man whocame to Phoenix last November.WEATHER BULLETINWASHINGTON D. C, March 23.Forecast for Arizona: Fair in southand probably rain in north Thursday;Friday fair.Dr. Mary Walker,Who Wants WomenTo Wear Trousersfv.wiAyttazAzyr IfATJIANY. M.ircli 23. Folio wine thoiittnniiit of Min woman suftratrists andtheir supporters to get from the legislature tho right to vote, somo of them aionow trying to take from tho nie-i theirhitherto unassailable privilege of weaving trousers. Tho prime mover in thematter is Dr. Mary Walker, who foryears has worn male attire. She is thoauthor of a bill introduced by Assemblyman Sweet. It provides that a woman shall not bo sufficiently disguisedby reason of tho stylo of her dress orclothing to warrant ariest and that anypeace officer who shall arrest a womannot guilty of any crimo by reason oftho stylo of her clothing shall be guiltyof u misdemeanor nnd shall be fined orimpiisoncd. (Dr. Walker served in thocivil war as a surgeon and has the rightto wear the Grand Army badge, asshown iu tho picture.)OFFICERS1 - -4 ; wmmmmmmmTAjjaARIZONA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1910for:GOOD INIE!soft job mIECouldn't Really RememberWhat He Did to Earn$30,'000 YearlyMORE EVIDENCE ININSURANCE SCANDALInquiry IntoNew York Legislative Mess Turns UpMore TestimonyVT.nv VflDlv. March 23. AlthoughWilliam II. Hotchkiss, state superintendent of insurance, was still unable.ntnni'nr mwitivn nrftof that NlOnCVwas used to buy votes at Albany, inconnection with lire insurance jcgisiation, ho developed somo interestingfacts at today's session ot tne inquiryin regard to the work of William H.Bueklev.Bueklev is a lawyer of Albany who.tnrto.l liis urartipn in li)01. Threeyears later, he was getting about $30,-oOO a year from insurance companiesfor his legal services. Before he wasmlinirtnl to the bar. Bueklev was connected with tho state insurance department. From ls'J to lsim no was aclerk in tho department, and until 1001i, iv-iM Miir.l ilmmtv. While he wasdeputy superintendent, according to histestimony . today, lie ontnineu imeuloans amounting to ifcol.OOO from thePhoenix Firo Insurance company ofBrooklyn, of which tho late GeorgeSheldon, for years tho legislative agentfor the firo insurance companies at Albany, was president. For just suchloans as these Sheldon was deposedfrom his company several muuui-) .",indicted, nnd died a broken heartedman at Greenwich, Conn., without beingbrought to trial.Buckley found it profitable to lepresent the fire insurarife companies, buthe testified today that he never appeared in court ior them, never wentbefore legislative committees; in fact,he could not remember just what hehud done.Ho could only say that in a generalway ho acted as counsel for the companies and had kept no record whateverof any transactions.Ho was under an annual retainerfrom several companies.When asked it he had paid anymoney to legislators he said:Timr nlisnrd. No sir."Preceding Buckley, Carl Schreiner,United States manager of the MunichReinsurance company, and Carl Sturhahan, American manager of the PrussianInsuranco company, were on the stand.They told of payments to Buckley bytheir companies of various sums -duringa number of years.GLDFIELD SMASHESnLowers Three Marks and IsConfident of MakingMore TodayDAYTONA, Kin., March 2(5. Oldfield today proved his right to the titleof speed king by smashing threeworld's records, which two experts figured would stand for ninny years.On the hard surface of the Daytonatrack, driving his 20U.horsepowcr Ben?.,with which a week ago he broke themile lecord, at a speed of 131. 73 milesan hour, Oldficld today covered twomiles in oo.SS seconds, about throe seconds better than tho previous world'srecord, made by Domogeot of Paris,at Daytona, in 1000.'riiirtt- mitintpci lntpr Oldfield ilrnveagainst the world's kilometetr 'recordof 17.70s. Oldficld shot past the starting post like a meteor and finished thedistanco in 17.01s.The third record, the one mile stockchassis, was made in A0M" in a Knox.The previous recoid was set by btrangin a Kiat, 10.30.Oldficld will go after another recordtomoriow and promises to make HOmiles an hour.WYOMING OVERRUNWITH WILD VERMINMountain Lions Menace toRaising CattleCODV, Wyo., March 23. Mountainlions havo become so numerous in northwestern Wyoming that stockmen areexperiencin- nmiculty in raising youngstock. J. B. Goff, noted as Roosevelt'spuide, has invaded the mountains withhis hunting dogs in an effort to clearthat section of the marauders.motMORERECORDS;10 BEE OF BRIBE DRINK-CRAZED FIEND KILLS , yT10Former President of Pittsburg Council Wept asHe Told StoryPITTSBURG, Pa., March 23. Ninemoro men, conscience stricken for taking money for their votes, appeared befoie Judge R. S. Fraser today, and,telling all they knew of the couneilmanie graft conspiracy, had sentence postponed. Besides these nine, William Brand,former piesident of the common council, one of tho ringleaders, accordingin those who confessed, has also madea statement which is in the hands ofthe district attorney, J. C. Wasson, whois in the penitentiary, made his confession to the grand jury. lie weptlike a child during his lecital, whileJohn F. Klein, the arch confessor, triedto soothe him.With complete statements fiomRrnnil. Wnsson and Klein, the principals . in tho conspiracy, according totlipir ii wn statements, it is stated thatthe district attorney is ready to proceed against the bribe givers, and whileno names are given out, Wasson 's statement is said, to implicate prominentmen.The opportunity to confess voluntarily and receive postponed sentencesor "immunity", has passed for thosewho havo not come forward. Those indicted will be brought to trial. Thefirst trial will begin Monday.Already an anti-jury fixing crusadehas been started by the district attorney. Today five were literally yankedfrom tho courtroom by county detectives. Tt is said they were busy withbribe money for jurois abou't the couitcorridors. Each man was put througha severe examination, and it is said anumber of arrests are imminent.EMPLOYS THUGSSTLabor Commissioner MakesSensational Report onPrimero DisasterDP.NVUR. March 23. I'har-4- acterizing the system of the i olo-rado Kucl & Iron company in op-A nrntimr tllpir 11111103 ill HOUtllCrilColorado as in "open defiance oftho law," L,alior i. ommissioner tDrake calls on Governor Shafrothto make a thorough investigationof the disaster at Primero, wheroseventy-six: men lost their lives.He opens his report with the as-sertion that the company employsnon-Knglish-sjieaking miners be-J cause they know nothing of wage' conditions, lie closes with:4- "If an employee complains of !conditions ho is fortunate if he es-capes with mere discharge. Inmost cases ho leeeives personalabuse at the hands of paid thugsand deputy sheriffs in the employof the company. ' 'He also scores the coroner's4. inrv wlii-li in vfst iirfltcd tllO d'lSaS- 44 ter, declaring they were employeeswno were careiui to exonoraie iuv --corporation of blame. He declaiesnlmi tli.it ln finds children cm- 4! nloved in violation of law. 4.S1UST ADMIT iiNew Law to Force. Theatersto Admit Soldiers andSailors in UniformWASHINGTON, D. ('., "MaidiJ- 23. Hereafter the ptopnetors offr "theaters or other places of amuse- $'ment" in tho District of Columbia$ or territories of the United Stateswill not be permitted to deny ad-4 mission to soldiers and sailors onaccount of their uniforms, under !a penalty of a fino of $5,000 or4 imprisonment not exceeding twoyears, provided the senate consid- !'h ers favorably a bill passed by thohouse today. 'J.;. .5. .;. .j. .j. .j. .j. .5. .j. .j. .5. ...;. .J. .J. .J.STANDARD RAISESPRICE OF PRODUCTTULSA, Okla., March 23 The Standard Oil company announced a raise of2 cents a barrel in the price of oil.AKERSBUSHESCONFESSC0U100COMPANYAGAININ1 W0 AND TERRORIZES TRAINFires Hundred Shots From Automatic Revolver WhileHolding Passengers annd Officers at Bay forHours Death Ends His Reign of TerrorWILMINGTON, Del., March 23. An exciting battle, In which three menwere killed and several injured, occurred on a northbound Baltimore & Ohiotrain today. The fight began at Newark, Del., and ended here. Tho deadare: Conductor Wellman of Philadelphia, Samuel Wiliams, a colored porter,and J. H. Bethea of Dillon, S. C.John Wiley of Wilmington was shot in the hand and leg, and MatthewHailey of Wilmington was shot in the leg, while others were injured byflying bullets.Bethea, who had been drinking heavily, quarreled with the porter andshot him through the head, killing him instantly. Conductor Wellman remonstrated with Bethea, and without a word he shot Wellman through theheart. Tho murderer then stood off tho passengers until the train reachedWilmington. When it came into the station a call for officers was sent in,and a squad of policemen, park guards and a posse of citizens and trainmen ran to tho car.The police called upon Bethea to surrender. In answer he opened fire ontho police and the crowd with an automatic revolver. Bethea is believed tohave had at least 100 rounds of ammunition, as he held the posse at bayfrom 5:17 until 6:35. During this time many shots were fired on both sides,all the windows of tho car being riddled.After an hour's battle tho police asked aid from the fire department.The firemen, barricaded behind trucks and boards, played a stream of waterupon tho windows of the car, and Bethea, half drowned, staggered to theplatform. The police once more called upon him to. surrender, but he repliedwith several shots.As Bethea fired, Captains Evans shot him in tho face. Notwithstandinghis injury ho blazed away again. Patrolman Baughman then opened fire andstruck Bethea in the right arm. The desperate man tried to fire again, butthe bolice closed in and as they took hold of him, he fell dead in the armsof a patrolman.All through the battle, the dead porter sat as though looking from thewindow.ILL GREET POPEArrangements Made for Audience with Rooseveltand FamilyROME, March 23. Arrangements forthe audience which the Roosevelt family will have with the pope on April 5have been completed bv American Ambassador Leishmnn and Manager Kennedy, rector of tho American Collegein RomeIt is understood that any such incident as marred the visit here of formerVice President Fairbanks will be averted. DEATH LIST FROMWRECK INCREASINGMARSIIALTTOWN, March 23.That tho death list of Monday's wrecknear Green Mountain will be increasedto fifty before morning is indicated tonight by tho condition ot u. m. Tallin, who is expected to die.Mrs. Ladenburg and J. J. As torWho Were Reported to Be Engagedj&pv " s5iNB?.. SPfsfiK5tS 1"W" -A' ,KI5'Kliy.ai '& XSk f ADOL-VuM.. -VKJXHW YORK, March 23. Reportsthat Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg and f'olonol John Jacob Astor wero engagedto bo married foirnd many believers in,bociety who had noted tho fact that therecently divorced head of the hono ofAstor in America and tho beautiful society widow havo been much in eachother's company of late. Mrs. Ladenburg is tho widow of a New York banker who disappeared from tho deck ofan ocean liner in 1S98. His estate, valued at sovcral millions, was left entirely to his wife. The young daughter"b. S5". 'MAJOR BELL BETTERChief of Staff of Army IsResting Easy One RibBroken in FallWASHINGTON, D. C, March 23.Major General J. Pranklm Bell, chiefof staff of the United States army", whowas injured today in an automobile accident, in which Mrs. Herbert J.Slocura, wife of Major Slocum, was killed, was reported tonight to be restingcomfortably.Ono of Bell's ribs was broken.TUG FOUNDERS OFFFRASER LIGTHSHIPVANCOUVER, B. C, jlarch 23. Thotug Arthur 1$., from Tacoma to Vancouver, with plaster cement, founderedat 9:30 p. m. last night off Kraser riverlightship. Six men were drowned.jp.t I.ADENBimAON HORSEBACKof tho couplo was born after tho w.llwas made. Mrs. Ladenburg has beena leader in tho sporting set of NewYork society. Sho is devoted (o horsesand maintains a stable at her countryplaco on Long Island.PRICE FIVE Ck